One probably wouldn't find a more fad-based media society than Japan in the whole world. Maybe Korea and Taiwan might come close with the hyper-fast nature of the idol scenes in those nations to how soaps/drama/movies cycle in and out in extreme popularity then get phased out in a matter of weeks, etc etc.

Shampoo looks a little too much like Lum to me, so I heavily prefer the older one. Besides, while Shampoo had some nice swimsuit episodes, Lum would sport her tiger-striped bikini almost every time she appeared on screen.

no, i wouldn't say any of the goddesses apply to the best bodies... best characters yea, but just the bodies... i cant remember if the recent art style did this, but the clothing on any of them cut in even a bit to their skin? im betting no, and if we are only talking about anime and no manga... ah my goddess isnt even in the top 50.

As time goes on, animators are able to make better art, resulting in a lot of nicely shaped bodies. I'm sure that there are a lot of sexy bodies in past years but the art just stands out more every year :)

That is a bullshit, aesthetically whiggish view that I am not willing to support. You logically imply an upward progression toward some teleological paragon of aesthetic quality, and that is not reasonably defensible no matter how you spin it.

How sad - I can only agree with #1. The rest of the list just makes me shake my head at the designs (hint: they look like little girls' heads drawn onto semi-womanly bodies.) All I can say is if this had been done at the beginning of the century, they'd all look like women. *sigh*

no, they would have ridiculously LARGE eyes, think excel saga, the only time that a more... womanly head is on a character is if they are over 30 years old for damn near every anime, and if they were younger than 30 and had a womanly head, it had to be damn near strait out action with no comedy.

now look at real people, from 16-late 20's
going on faces alone, and in some cases bodies, you honestly cant fucking tell how old they are, though you may be able to tell if they are easy or not.

You know, the world doesn't revolve around you. What is and isn't sexy for you won't be the same for the others. Some people find 800lbs girls sexy, others find them repulsive. Some people find lolis sexy, others find it exceedingly wrong.

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder as you say, then K-ON could be beautiful in some people's eyes, and therefore deserving of being on a list to those people. Meaning that your line of "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but there's no reason at all K-On girls should be here" is total bullshit as the two parts of that statement are completely non-compatible.

If you dislike K-ON then fine, I don't feel like preaching otherwise. But don't be dishonest by trying to temper your words with statements that don't agree with the main point of your words, just so you can make an attempt (a feeble one mind you) to look "Open".